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Save By Not Going

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When are you most likely to spend the money you have (or wish you had)? You are most likely to spend when you go out. Some­times you go out with the inten­tion of “just look­ing”. How many times do you end up get­ting some­thing? Maybe you picked it up because it was on sale. Or because you think it is soooo cool. Or because it would make a great gift. We can usu­ally jus­tify our pur­chases. The ques­tion here, how­ever, is instead “Are we buy­ing a planned purchase?”

Planned pur­chases (gro­ceries, for instance) are things we have planned for before we go out. Planned pur­chases are ok, because we’ve had time to think about what we need (or maybe want) and have a valid rea­son for pur­chas­ing ahead of time. A valid rea­son can be what­ever is “valid” for you. Your valid and my valid may be dif­fer­ent, and that’s ok. Just know that you’ve taken the time ahead of time to val­i­date your pur­chase, instead of mak­ing it a spur of the moment purchase.

This can also apply to online pur­chases. Have you ever been look­ing for some­thing online, and then just start to browse around? Maybe you’ve found some­thing, again, that you really want — but it wasn’t planned. This is the same as going out with­out a plan. In this case, you’re just going out into cyber­space to do your shopping.

So, think about it the next time you go out. Are you going for with a pur­pose? Maybe the solu­tion is to not go out at all. Stay home and save! Save up for some­thing you really want or need.

Lance writes sto­ries from his heart, aim­ing to inspire and moti­vate, as you align more fully with YOUR true peak. When he’s not here, you can find him hang­ing out with his fam­ily, rid­ing a bike, or just gen­er­ally act­ing goofy.   Sign up for the Thoughts from the Tree­house newslet­ter and get addi­tional inspi­ra­tion in your email inbox!
Lance Ekum
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  1. MizFit says:
    June 16, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    I *so* needed this reminder.….

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  2. scheng1 says:
    April 10, 2010 at 10:51 am

    Actu­ally stay­ing home and watch­ing TV is not a good idea either. Best is to go library, grab a few books for the week­end, so that we can stay home and read.
    Read­ing a thriller and enjoy­ing a steam­ing cup of cof­fee are heavenly!

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  3. Andrew Walker says:
    September 1, 2011 at 3:56 am

    Hi there. Yeah, some­times i also choose not to going any­where to save some money. LOL
    Andrew Walker´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..NoN­ame­Java Coupon CodeMy Profile

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    October 20, 2008 at 7:34 pm

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